Managing Cancer Pain at the End of Life with Multiple Strong Opioids: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study in Primary Care

BACKGROUND: End-of-life cancer patients commonly receive more than one type of strong opioid. The three-step analgesic ladder framework of the World Health Organisation (WHO) provides no guidance on multiple opioid prescribing and there is little epidemiological data available to inform practice. Th...

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Autores principales: Gao, Wei, Gulliford, Martin, Bennett, Michael I., Murtagh, Fliss E. M., Higginson, Irene J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3903468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24475016
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079266

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3903468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24475016
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079266

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